/*
 * Created on 19-Apr-2004
 * Created by Paul Gardner
 * Copyright (C) Azureus Software, Inc, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */

package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.ui.menus;

/**
 * A listener that is triggered when the user selects a menu item
 * 
 * @author parg (Original ContextMenuItemListener)
 * @author tuxpaper (generic-izing and comments)
 */
public interface MenuItemListener {
    /**
     * Menu item has been selected by the user.
     * 
     * Note - this method will be called when a "deselection" takes place, like if the MenuItem has <tt>STYLE_CHECK</tt> or <tt>STYLE_RADIO</tt>
     * (where a previously selected item has been deselected because another item has been selected instead).
     * 
     * Therefore, you should check the state of the MenuItem, rather than assuming that it has been "activated".
     * 
     * @param menu
     *            Which menu item was selected
     * @param target
     *            What this menu item applies to. For the default implementation, target is null. Implementing classes may provide an object related
     *            to the menu selection.
     */
    public void selected(MenuItem menu, Object target);
}
